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A female Democrat running for Congress in Kansas is dropping out of the race after allegations of sexual assault stemming from a 2005 lawsuit resurfaced during a recent interview. Mother-of-two Andrea Ramsey was asked by the Kansas City Star about a lawsuit regarding accusations of sexually harassing and retaliating against a male subordinate, Gary Funkhouser, who said he rejected her sexual advances in 2005. Court Documents show that Funkhouser and LabOne, a company where Ramsey was executive vice president of human resources, agreed to dismiss the case after mediation in 2006, according to the Star. Ramsey, from Leawood, Kansas, was...

In April 2012, a Kansas SWAT team raided the home of Robert and Addie Harte, their 7-year-old daughter and their 13-year-old son. The couple, both former CIA analysts, awoke to pounding at the door. When Robert Harte answered, SWAT agents flooded the home. He was told to lie on the floor. When Addie Harte came out to see what was going on, she saw her husband on his stomach as SWAT cop stood over him with a gun.

OLATHE, Kan. -- Federal, state and local agents raided a Johnson County house Friday as part of an alleged illegal immigration bust, KMBC's Jim Flink reported. Kathleen Ramon runs El Mercado, a business that helps Latino immigrants transition into the community. Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison said Ramon was charging illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses for them.... partial, more at source link

John Walsh will tape "America's Most Wanted" Tuesday morning from the Leawood swimming pool where Ali Kemp was murdered. The show, to air at 8 p.m. Saturday on Fox, will ask viewers to help solve the cases of Kemp, Precious Doe and women whose bodies were found in the Missouri River. They also will feature the case of Tabitha Brewer, a 16-year-old girl who disappeared from Shawnee with her boyfriend in 1998. Her boyfriend, Nick Travis, was found dead four months later in a Kansas City neighborhood, and Tabitha's purse was found there. The show will be taped at 8:30...